Meeting with the Olympic champion Ermakhan Ibraimov

In the framework of the “Ainalandy Nyrlandir” and “Salamatty Omir” projects, the Faculty of Oriental Studies held a meeting with Ermakhan Ibraimov, a boxer, an Olympic champion in the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000, a director of the republican state-owned enterprise "Olympic Training Center for boxing" and a graduate of the al-Farabi Kazakh National University. The meeting was opened by the introductory speech of Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies and Associate Professor of the Middle East and South Asia Department Ykhtiar Paltore. Then E.Ibraimov welcomed participants of the meeting. Olympic champion in his speech raised the issue of modernization of public consciousness, which is mentioned in the strategic article of President Nursultan Nazarbayev "A glance at the future: modernization of public consciousness". E.Ibraimov clearly defined the importance of modernizing public consciousness for the further development of Kazakhstan, citing from his life experience examples of the positive changes that have already taken place in Kazakhstan during independence, and called on the advanced educated youth to support the initiative of the President through their active participation.

Pointing to the most important for Kazakhstani set of qualities worthy of the 21st century, among which are factors such as computer literacy, cultural openness and knowledge of foreign languages, E.Ibraimov pointed out that knowledge of foreign languages ​​is a promising and necessary skill, for example, in organizing trips sports delegations to foreign countries.

At the end of the meeting the undergraduates, doctoral students and academic teaching staff  of the Department of the Middle East and South Asia had the opportunity to make memorable photos with the Olympic champion and ask E.Ibraimov questions, answering which he told about the beginning of his career and interesting moments from the Olympics in Sydney, urging young people to lead a healthy lifestyle and take an active position in the implementation of the President's program "A Look into the Future: Modernizing Public Consciousness."